March 1 in 2019 [PHOTOS]

President Moon Jae-in and his wife Kim Jung-sook, clad in hanbok, attend a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the March 1 Independence Movement against Japan's colonial rule at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Friday. Yonhap

Members of conservative groups march through the center of Seoul, Friday, in protest against the Moon government. Korea Times photo by Hong In-ki

Singer Insooni performs during March 1 Movement anniversary celebrations at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul, Friday. Yonhap

Ewha Girls' High School students and the school's alumni march on Jeongdong-gil in Seoul, Friday. Yu Gwan-sun, an iconic independence fighter, was a student at Ewha Haktang, the school's predecessor, which missionaries established as the first modern educational institution for women in Korea. Yu died at 17 while imprisoned for leading pro-independence rallies. Yonhap

The Air Force Black Eagles aerobatic team flies over the crowd celebrations at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul, Friday. Yonhap

Christians attend celebrate the anniversary at Chungdong First Methodist Church in Seoul, Friday. American missionary Henry Gerhard Appenzeller established Korea's first church of this denomination in 1897. Yonhap



Jung Min-ho mj6c2@koreatimes.co.kr

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